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Another Scandal Hits Metro Schools
A Hamilton County teacher who resigned in 2014 following years of warnings and reprimands, was hired a year later by Metro Nashville Public Schools. Jason Hamrick was a teacher at Ooltewah High School from 1999 until 2014. Then-principal Ed Foster…
Read MoreInteresting Proposal Would Bring More Out of State Students and Money to State Colleges
Tennessee universities could soon be seeing more out-of-state students. As it is drafted right now, a bill sponsored by State Senator Todd Gardenhire would allow students from any state bordering Tennessee to receive in-state tuition. Eight states border Tennessee, including…
Read MoreRacist UT Students, Staff to March on Capitol Today
Members of United Campus Workers and University of Tennessee Diversity Matters, along with their supporters, will lobby state lawmakers and rally in Nashville today. The two groups have worked together to organize events on campus to show opposition to a…
Read MoreDespite Poor Performance and Opposition to Testing, Teachers Want More Money
Overtesting and underfunding are the two largest hurdles facing teachers in Tennessee, according to state education experts. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Education Association brought its third annual Road Trip to Hamilton County in an effort to discuss with concerned educators,…
Read MoreTN Public Schools Receive Yet Another Failing Grade
Tennessee is among 13 states that scored an F for its system of performing background checks on teachers and sharing misconduct information when compared with best national practice by USA TODAY. For Tennessee, the reliance on school districts to run…
Read MoreParents Horrified By Results of Public Schools’ Mock Election
If they went to the polls today, voting-age Nashville high school students would pick Bernie Sanders for president. At least, that’s the result of an informal mock election that recently tallied 444 votes in four schools. Sanders had a margin…
Read MoreState Colleges Reject Proposal to Freeze Tuition Increases
Tennessee lawmakers fired a broadside at the state’s universities Wednesday. Their complaint: skyrocketing tuition. But they say they can rein it in. Their proposal is to freeze tuition when students enter a four-year state university. Whatever students are asked to…
Read MoreLawsuit Contains Shocking Allegations About the Culture at UT Knoxville
Six women have filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Tennessee, alleging that the school violated Title IX and other laws because of its “deliberate indifference” toward sexual assaults committed by student-athletes, most of them football players. The lawsuit…
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